Using Something Other Than the Site Root for a Wordpress Posts Page

This is so you can use something like /blog/ for a list of your blog entries, and the home page for a static page (or something fancier).

Under Settings > Reading > Posts page, pick the page template you want to use.

If you’re using a static page template for the home page, be sure not to name it home.php. Name it something like homepage.php and choose that template for the home page (you can still call it “Home” inside the template).

The “Posts page” will use index.php whether you like it or not. I couldn’t find a way to override that inside of Post management in WordPress.